Water-elevator



Uran s'rkfrns GEORGE MURRAY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO I'IIMSELF AND SARAH G. HIBBERT,

' OF SAME PLAGE.

. y WA'inR-ELEvAToR.

Speccation of Letters Patent No. 32,387, dated May 14, 1861.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE MURRAY, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vater- Drawers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part ot' this specification, in which- Figure l,is a perspective view. Fig. 2, is a vertical section. Figs. 3, 4, and 5, are also sectional views.

Ihe same letters refer to like parts in the different views. a

My improvement relates to a bucket in which there is a valve in the bottom, and another one underneath, and these two valves are connected by a piece, one side of which is shorter than the other, so that when one valve is horizontal the other is inclined. As" the bucket is raised full of water the upper valve is closed and the under one is inclined, but it comes in contact with a division in the curb parallel with the bottom of the spout, which brings it horizontal, and consequently the upper valve is elevated and the water flows out in a space around the bucket into the spout. The

rope is prevented from slipping, by means of the pulley resting on a roller underneath,l

the weight of which compresses the rope.

In the figures A, represents the curb, B, the cover which is removed in Fig. l, to show the rope and pulley O, the shaft E of which turns in'thc guide F, which is supported by the bar G, shown in Fig. 4. The pulley C, is entirely supported by the roller D, which leaves the shaft E, free to move in the slot in the guide F, and is turned by the crank J. One end of the shaft I, of the roller D, rests and moves in a slot in the bar G, as shown in Fig. 4, the other end passes through the curb, on which may be placed the crank J, and the bucket raised and lowered in the same way as by having the crank on the end of the shaft of the pulley. a

K, is the water spout, the lower part of which passes in around the curb, as is represented at N, Figs. 2, 3, and 5. N', Jforms a rim around the interior edge of this division, that passes out, and is joined to the sides of the spout, as shown in Fig. 5.

H, represents the bucket with a bar across the top, to the center of which is attached the rope. In the lower part of this bucket is a valve L, connected to a valve L', underneath, shown in Figs. 2, and 3. One side of the piece I), connecting these two valves is shorter than the other, which causes the lower valve L', to be inclined, when the upper one is horizontal, and if the under valve L', is horizontal, the upper one will be inclined. l lVhen the bucket is filled with water, the pressure of water will close the valve Il, and as the bucket is drawn up, by means of the crank and pulley, the lower valve L", will come in contact with the division N, and will be brought up horizontal; raising the valve L, in the bucket, as shown in Fig. 3, and in dicated by the dotted `lines in Fig. 2, and the water will flow out into the space a, between the rim N', and the bucket, and out at the spout. The valve L', ts very closely around the division N, in the curb, and there is an elastic packing on the top, to prevent the escape of the water, as it flows out into the space between the rim and the bucket. There is an elastic packing, also on the under side of the upper valve.

The bucket will remain suspended in any place, whether full or empty, by means of the pressure `of the rope between the pulley C, and roller D.

The piece or division N, that extends around in a groove 0r crease, in the sides of the curb, forms the bottom of the water spout, as represented in Figs. 2, and 3. The

rim N passes out, as shown in Fig. 5and forms the sides of the spout. The opening in the division N, for the bucket to pass up, instead of being round,'may be square, in which case, the valve L', would have to be square.

In place of the lower valve L', being'connected to the bucket, it may be attached by a hinge to the under side of the division'N, or to the inside of the curb, and operated by the ascending bucket, to which is .attached a rope or chain.

The curb A, is of an Octagon form, it may be round, or have more or less sides; consisting of staves, held together by bands or hoops which also keep the division N, and spout K, in place, so that no nails are used in the construction of the curb, or its connection with the spout.

What I claim as my mpro'vement and defor the purpose of compressing the rope in sire to secure by Letters Patent is order to prevent its slipping, as specified.

l. The circular spout N N in combination with the double Oblique valves L L GEORGE MURRA Y s when the same are constructed, arranged and Witnesses:

operated as and for the purpose set forth. J. BRAINERD,

2. The arrangement 0f the pulleys C, D, W. H. BURRIDGE. 

